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Apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels

Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
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Filing: 1976-02-17
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Granted: 1977-10-11
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Expires: 1996-02-17
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed are three embodiments of a hand-held apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels. All the embodiments are disclosed as having a housing, a rigid, metal, frame plate mounted by the housing, a platen and a cooperating print head, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels from the web of supporting material on which the labels are carried, an applicator for applying the printed labels, a feed wheel having teeth for engaging and advancing the web, a manually operable actuator drivingly connected to the feed wheel and the print head, a brake, and an ink roll for inking the print head. The apparatus also includes a feed wheel assembly having a feed wheel driven by a pawl and ratchet mechanism. The pawl and ratchet mechanism is adjustably connected to the feed wheel and a rolling contact type one-way clutch prevents loss of tension in the web between the brake and the feed wheel. In two of the embodiments the brake takes the form of a roll operated by the print head and in another embodiment the brake is operated by the printing head through an overcenter mechanism. The print head has a pair of ball tracks and the frame of the apparatus mounts a pair of ball tracks containing respective ball bearings. The feed wheel is driven by gear means having an eccentric adjustment. The web is guided through the apparatus by track structure which is readily assembled and removable. A delaminator of one embodiment includes a plurality of small diameter rollers mounted on a shaft. An inking mechanism includes an ink roll having hub sections, with an ink-tight seal between the hub sections. The frame plate is accurately located and reliably held to a housing section. A removable housing section is snap-locked into place relative to at least one other housing section. The labels which are carried on the web are mounted on an easy to manufacture, low cost reel. A rewinder is provided to rewind the spent portion of the supporting material web. An improved composite label web is also disclosed.

Inventors

  • 👤 Paul H. Hamisch, Jr.

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 21:53
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65C; B65C11/00; B65C11/02; B65C11/0205; B65C11/021; B65C11/0215; B65C11/0236; B65C11/0247; B65C2210/00; B65C2210/0037; B65C2210/004; B65C2210/0051; B65C2210/0056; B65C2210/0059; B65C2210/0072; B65C2210/0078; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S156/00; Y10S156/934; Y10S156/941; Y10S156/942; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/17; Y10T156/1702; Y10T156/1705; Y10T156/1707; Y10T156/19; Y10T156/1978

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 146 words
Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels carried on a web of supporting material, the apparatus weighing less than about three pounds and comprising a frame having a handle, a platen and a cooperable print head mounted for relative movement on the frame, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels carried on the supporting material web, an applicator for applying the printed labels, means in contact with the web downstream of the delaminator for feeding the web, an actuator disposed at the handle, means drivingly connecting the actuator with the print head and the web feeding means, and means carried by the frame for rewinding the web, the rewinding means includes a rewinder body removably connected to the frame, the body having an inlet communicating with a generally annular compartment, the surface of the compartment having means to reduce the contact area with the web.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 146 words
Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels carried on a web of supporting material, the apparatus weighing less than about three pounds and comprising a frame having a handle, a platen and a cooperable print head mounted for relative movement on the frame, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels carried on the supporting material web, an applicator for applying the printed labels, means in contact with the web downstream of the delaminator for feeding the web, an actuator disposed at the handle, means drivingly connecting the actuator with the print head and the web feeding means, and means carried by the frame for rewinding the web, the rewinding means includes a rewinder body removably connected to the frame, the body having an inlet communicating with a generally annular compartment, the surface of the compartment having means to reduce the contact area with the web.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 21 words
Apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the means for reducing the contact area includes a plurality of ridges and grooves
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 167 words
Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels carried on a web of supporting material, the apparatus weighing less than about three pounds and comprising a frame having a handle, a platen and a cooperable print head mounted for relative movement on the frame, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels carried on the supporting material web, an applicator for applying the printed labels, means in contact with the web downstream of the delaminator for feeding the web, an actuator disposed at the handle, means drivingly connecting the actuator with the print head and the web feeding means, and means carried by the frame for rewinding the web, the rewinding means comprising a body having a compartment for storing the supporting material web and an inlet slot in the body through which the supporting material web passes from the feeding means into the compartment, and a knife at the end of the inlet slot for severing the web in the compartment from the remainder of the web.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 167 words
Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels carried on a web of supporting material, the apparatus weighing less than about three pounds and comprising a frame having a handle, a platen and a cooperable print head mounted for relative movement on the frame, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels carried on the supporting material web, an applicator for applying the printed labels, means in contact with the web downstream of the delaminator for feeding the web, an actuator disposed at the handle, means drivingly connecting the actuator with the print head and the web feeding means, and means carried by the frame for rewinding the web, the rewinding means comprising a body having a compartment for storing the supporting material web and an inlet slot in the body through which the supporting material web passes from the feeding means into the compartment, and a knife at the end of the inlet slot for severing the web in the compartment from the remainder of the web.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 160 words
Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels carried on a web of supporting material, the apparatus weighing less than about three pounds and comprising a frame having a handle, a reel for mounting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a platen and a cooperable print head mounted for relative movement on the frame, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels carried on the supporting material web, an applicator for applying the printed labels, means in contact with the web downstream of the delaminator for feeding the web, an actuator disposed at the handle, means drivingly connecting the actuator with the print head and the web feeding means, means carried by the frame for rewinding the web, the rewinding means comprising a body, a rewind spool rotatably mounted on the body, an idler, and means for spring urging the spool into frictional driving contact with the idler and for spring urging the idler into frictional driving contact with the reel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 160 words
Hand-held apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels carried on a web of supporting material, the apparatus weighing less than about three pounds and comprising a frame having a handle, a reel for mounting a roll of pressure sensitive labels, a platen and a cooperable print head mounted for relative movement on the frame, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels carried on the supporting material web, an applicator for applying the printed labels, means in contact with the web downstream of the delaminator for feeding the web, an actuator disposed at the handle, means drivingly connecting the actuator with the print head and the web feeding means, means carried by the frame for rewinding the web, the rewinding means comprising a body, a rewind spool rotatably mounted on the body, an idler, and means for spring urging the spool into frictional driving contact with the idler and for spring urging the idler into frictional driving contact with the reel.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1980-10-10 1981-04-11 1981-10-11 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1984-10-10 1985-04-11 1985-10-11 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1988-10-10 1989-04-11 1989-10-11 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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